Re: [PERFORM] Auto generate number in Postgres-9.1.

Dinesh,

> I have to add one column  “ID” in postgres table which will generate
> Auto Increment
> <http://www.davidghedini.com/pg/entry/postgresql_auto_increment>ed number .
>
>
>
> Example:
>
> Suppose I have five records and if I insert 1 new record It should auto
> generate 6.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/sql-createsequence.html
also SERIAL on this page:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/datatype-numeric.html


>
> If I truncate the same table and then again insert rows should start
> with 1 in “ID” column.

That's not how it works, normally.  I'd suggest adding an ON TRUNCATE
trigger to the table.


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